Marta Herman

Mezzo-soprano

Marta Herman joined the Opera Studio at Oper Frankfurt in 2012/13 after taking part in the 2012 International Summer Holiday Courses for New Music in Darmstadt. This Canadian mezzo-soprano made her debut at Oper Frankfurt singing A Lady, „comme ci comme ca“, in last season's new production of Der Spieler/The Gambler. This season she will sing 3rd Dryad in the new production of Rusalka. She already has a wide and varied repertoire which includes Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Marquise du Berkenfield in La fille du régiment, Miss Jessel in The Turn of the Screw and contemporary music by Salvatore Sciarrino, György Kurtág and Kaija Saariaho, amongst others. Awards she has won have included a special prize at the 2010 „Riccardo Zandonai International Vocal Competition“. She achieved a Master of Music in Operatic Performance from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Music with Gold Medal from the University of Western Ontario.